What are the roles and responsibilities for astronomer?

• Observe and study the nature of matter and energy in the universe.
• Conduct research on space, stars, moon, galaxies etc.
• Publish their findings in journals.
• Participate in seminars, conferences and meetings.
• If you take the academic route, you will spend your professional life conducting research, writing research papers, lecturing students and presenting your research findings at academic conferences around the world.
• Perform complex calculations as part of the analysis and evaluation of data, using computers.
• Describe and express observations and conclusions in mathematical terms.
• Analyze data from research conducted to detect and measure physical phenomena.
• Report experimental results by writing papers for scientific journals or by presenting information at scientific conferences.
• Design computer simulations to model physical data so that it can be better understood.
• Develop theories and laws based on observation and experiments, and apply these theories and laws to problems in areas such as aerospace technology.